One of the activities that we did was called "I Am From..." We each created poems for which every line started with the statement "I Am From". We then took certain lines from our poems and found spots on the Ellis campus that the line reminds us of. This could either be a favorite spot or simply one that evoked a memory. We toured around Ellis to find our favorite spots and recited our verses in those locations as our very first experience with performance art. Here is a compilation of some of the lines that we came up with...
I am from a picture—a miniscule depiction
of our enormous world.
I am from a room full of mirrors
I am from a mud puddle—SPLASH!
I am from yesterday’s room temperature
coffee and the news that keeps me awake at night
I am from the cupboard under the stairs
I am from wearing my dad’s shirts and ties
with mascara and stilettos
I am from 15 minutes ago, when I sat down
to write this poem.
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